2023-05-05 – 2023-05-06 · Lincoln, DE · 📍 Jellystone Park at Delaware Beaches · State championship
Reps: JEFF CHAMBERS, REGINA BODNAR · Prize money: $3,000.00
Grand Champion: Mispillion Meat Works (697.0972) · 20 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 TOP GUN BARBECUE
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
What it has taken to win here, 2023 to 2023 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 68 times in 100
Mispillion Meat Works came in rated below the field's top team, 3 EYZ BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 32-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Master Series — Chicken places 6–7: SMOKECRAFT - MD and Up In Smokers tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 6–7: BLUE & GRAY BBQ and Ham Squad tied on 170.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork places 1–2: BLUE & GRAY BBQ and SMOKECRAFT - MD tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Capt. Blue BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double.
Mispillion Meat Works took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 10th.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-05 ← this one | Lincoln, DE | Jellystone Park at Delaware Beaches | 20 | 697.0972 | Mispillion Meat Works | TOP GUN BARBECUE |
| 2023-05-05 | Lincoln, DE | Jellystone Park at Delaware Beaches | 9 | 178.8572 | Blue Eyed BBQ | — |
| 2023-05-06 | Lincoln, DE | Jellystone Park at Delaware Beaches | 19 | 692.5144 | Smokecraft | Ham Squad |
| 2023-05-06 | Lincoln, DE | Jellystone Park at Delaware Beaches | 9 | 177.7144 | Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 176.5600 | 174.2744 | 170.8344 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 171.4172 | 168.5372 |
| Master Series — Pork | 175.4172 | 172.0116 | 169.1200 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 175.4172 | 174.2628 | 168.5372 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 176.0000 | 163.9312 | 151.9772 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 167.3828 | 161.6916 | 149.6688 |
20 entries · top 697.0972 · median 674.1600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mispillion Meat Works | |
| 2 | TOP GUN BARBECUE | |
| 3 | BLUE & GRAY BBQ | |
| 4 | OFF THE RACK BBQ | |
| 5 | MRC_Barbecue | |
| 6 | Optimus Swine | |
| 7 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 8 | SMOKECRAFT - MD | |
| 9 | Ham Squad | |
| 10 | SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE | |
| 11 | 3 Eyz BBQ | |
| 12 | PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ | |
| 13 | Up In Smokers | |
| 14 | BLUE EYED BBQ | |
| 15 | Sir-Porks-Alot BBQ | |
| 16 | THE GRILLER B’S | |
| 17 | MANHATTAN JACK'S BBQ | |
| 18 | BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE | |
| 19 | Second Helping BBQ -PA | |
| 20 | BBQBrewCrew |
20 entries · top 176.5600 · median 170.8286
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE | |
| 2 | 3 Eyz BBQ | |
| 3 | Optimus Swine | |
| 4 | TOP GUN BARBECUE | |
| 5 | MRC_Barbecue | |
| 6 | SMOKECRAFT - MD | |
| 7 | Up In Smokers | |
| 8 | BLUE EYED BBQ | |
| 9 | MANHATTAN JACK'S BBQ | |
| 10 | Mispillion Meat Works | |
| 11 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 12 | OFF THE RACK BBQ | |
| 13 | BLUE & GRAY BBQ | |
| 14 | Ham Squad | |
| 15 | BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE | |
| 16 | PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ | |
| 17 | Second Helping BBQ -PA | |
| 18 | THE GRILLER B’S | |
| 19 | Sir-Porks-Alot BBQ | |
| 20 | BBQBrewCrew |
20 entries · top 177.7144 · median 168.2858
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mispillion Meat Works | |
| 2 | PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ | |
| 3 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 4 | TOP GUN BARBECUE | |
| 5 | OFF THE RACK BBQ | |
| 6 | BLUE & GRAY BBQ | |
| 7 | Ham Squad | |
| 8 | MRC_Barbecue | |
| 9 | Sir-Porks-Alot BBQ | |
| 10 | SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE | |
| 11 | Second Helping BBQ -PA | |
| 12 | SMOKECRAFT - MD | |
| 13 | Optimus Swine | |
| 14 | MANHATTAN JACK'S BBQ | |
| 15 | Up In Smokers | |
| 16 | THE GRILLER B’S | |
| 17 | BLUE EYED BBQ | |
| 18 | BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE | |
| 19 | 3 Eyz BBQ | |
| 20 | BBQBrewCrew |
20 entries · top 175.4172 · median 169.1142
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BLUE & GRAY BBQ | |
| 2 | SMOKECRAFT - MD | |
| 3 | Optimus Swine | |
| 4 | Mispillion Meat Works | |
| 5 | OFF THE RACK BBQ | |
| 6 | SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE | |
| 7 | THE GRILLER B’S | |
| 8 | MRC_Barbecue | |
| 9 | 3 Eyz BBQ | |
| 10 | BLUE EYED BBQ | |
| 11 | TOP GUN BARBECUE | |
| 12 | Ham Squad | |
| 13 | PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ | |
| 14 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 15 | Up In Smokers | |
| 16 | Sir-Porks-Alot BBQ | |
| 17 | Second Helping BBQ -PA | |
| 18 | MANHATTAN JACK'S BBQ | |
| 19 | BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE | |
| 20 | BBQBrewCrew |
20 entries · top 175.4172 · median 168.5314
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | OFF THE RACK BBQ | |
| 2 | BLUE & GRAY BBQ | |
| 3 | TOP GUN BARBECUE | |
| 4 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 5 | Mispillion Meat Works | |
| 6 | MRC_Barbecue | |
| 7 | BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE | |
| 8 | Ham Squad | |
| 9 | 3 Eyz BBQ | |
| 10 | Optimus Swine | |
| 11 | Sir-Porks-Alot BBQ | |
| 12 | SMOKECRAFT - MD | |
| 13 | Up In Smokers | |
| 14 | MANHATTAN JACK'S BBQ | |
| 15 | PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ | |
| 16 | BLUE EYED BBQ | |
| 17 | THE GRILLER B’S | |
| 18 | SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE | |
| 19 | Second Helping BBQ -PA | |
| 20 | BBQBrewCrew |
13 entries · top 343.3828 · median 319.9660
13 entries · top 176.0000 · median 162.2516
13 entries · top 167.3828 · median 158.8000
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
9 entries · top 173.1200 · median 164.0000
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BLUE EYED BBQ | |
| 2 | Sir-Porks-Alot BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOAKWOOD | |
| 4 | HotItems | |
| 5 | BBQBrewCrew | |
| 6 | Hog Heaven | |
| 7 | Brewski's BBQ Competition Team | |
| 8 | All About the Wood | |
| 9 | STICKS & STONES BBQ |